Seriously, what is a correspondence game on Lichess? Yes, I know traditionally a correspondence game was played by sending moves by letters or postcodes. But what is a correspondence game played on Lichess? What characteristics make it a "correspondence game"?
I presume there are no time limits for a move. What are the rules and can they be enforced? I assume one is not supposed to use opening books and engines. One may be permitted to move things around on a physical board and analyse potential moves.
How does it work and how are correspondence games kept safe from cheating?
@Monist said in #1:
> Seriously, what is a correspondence game on Lichess? Yes, I know traditionally a correspondence game was played by sending moves by letters or postcodes. But what is a correspondence game played on Lichess? What characteristics make it a "correspondence game"?
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> I presume there are no time limits for a move. What are the rules and can they be enforced? I assume one is not supposed to use opening books and engines. One may be permitted to move things around on a physical board and analyse potential moves.
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> How does it work and how are correspondence games kept safe from cheating?
Honestly I think lichess doesn't care about them because I played a 1200 Rapid player recently and they played a perfect game and obviously beat me and obviously they're not gonna get banned since I have no proof except the perfect game.Another reason I say they don't care is because have you ever even seen Rankings of Correspondence games??
In a correspondence game, the players don’t need to be online at the same time. It’s convenient for people like me who don’t have long blocks of time to sit at a game. I’m not as fond of fast time controls because they stress me out -- i.e., I'm not good at them :) Actually, even people who play fast time controls sometimes like to play correspondence, too, to improve their analysis and also perhaps to play asynchronously with others from around the world.
You can play with an unlimited amount of time per move, but I recommend choosing a limit, like 2 days, for example. Otherwise, if your opponent abandons the game, it’s in limbo and I think you’re left waiting until 30 days pass. (Someone, please correct me if I’m mistaken about this last point.)
The correspondence rules on Lichess are the same as in a standard game except that in correspondence, an opening book is allowed. No chess engine use nor any other outside help is permitted, however. Personally I don't use an opening book since I prefer to challenge myself to play independently. Yes, Lichess enforces the rules as best as it can with its cheat-detection system. It can’t catch all incidents of outside help, but in the 3.5 years since I’ve been playing here I’ve not been aware of anyone cheating against me. Give it a whirl and see what it’s like! You can play an unrated game first if you want to try it out.
@Scandinavian_Axe said in #2:
> Honestly I think lichess doesn't care about them because I played a 1200 Rapid player recently and they played a perfect game and obviously beat me and obviously they're not gonna get banned since I have no proof except the perfect game.Another reason I say they don't care is because have you ever even seen Rankings of Correspondence games??
You just blundered a knight in one move:
Also, they were 2095 in correspondence. It's possible they're not good at faster games, but better when they can take their time and use the analysis board (without the engine, of course). Note that you can use the opening book in correspondence games (but not the EGTB).
@rachel8 said in #3:
> You can play with an unlimited amount of time per move, but I recommend choosing a limit, like 2 days, for example. Otherwise, if your opponent abandons the game, it’s in limbo and I think you’re left waiting until 30 days pass. (Someone, please correct me if I’m mistaken about this last point.)
Unlimited is only for unrated games, for rated you can choose from 1 to 14 days per turn.
@AsDaGo said in #4:
> You just blundered a knight in one move:
It wasn't this game ...this one I obviously blundered because I wasn't really even concentrating but point is in correspondence games Lichess doesn't really care ....you haven't even answered the question of why they are no rankings if correspondence
@Scandinavian_Axe said in #6:
> they are no rankings if correspondence
That is to discourage cheating.
@Overcooker said in #7:
> That is to discourage cheating.
Oh I guess you're right since there are no rankings there's nothing to gain from cheating
@Scandinavian_Axe said in #8:
> Oh I guess you're right since there are no rankings there's nothing to gain from cheating
That's their reasoning behind it. If it works I don't care about leaderboards, I'd rather have no cheaters.
@Overcooker said in #9:
> That's their reasoning behind it. If it works I don't care about leaderboards, I'd rather have no cheaters.
oh well I was wrong then I apologize for that thanks for your answer it makes sense
